1958 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1958 throughout the world.

Events

• February 6 –
  following season
  .
• October 1 – Dutch club
  Sporting Lisboa (3-4) in the first round of the European Cup
  .

•  Argentina: Racing Club
•  
  Wolverhampton Wanderers
•  France: Stade de Reims
•  Israel: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
•  Italy: Juventus FC
•  
  Zacatepec
•  Netherlands: DOS
•  
  Olimpia Asunción
•  Poland: ŁKS Łódź
•  Soviet Union: FC Spartak Moscow
•  
  Real Madrid
•  West Germany: FC Schalke 04

International tournaments

• 1958 British Home Championship
  (October 19, 1957 – April 19, 1958)

Shared by  England and  Northern Ireland

• FIFA World Cup in Sweden (June 8 – 29 1958)
  1.  Brazil
  2.  Sweden
  3.  France

Births

• January 3 – Liliana Mammina
• February 1 – Luther Blissett, English international footballer and manager
• February 22 – Paolo Borelli, Italian former professional footballer
• April 9 –
  Victor Diogo
  , Uruguayan international footballer
• April 11 – Wout Holverda, Dutch footballer (died 2021)
• April 29 – Sergey Goryunov, Russian football coach and former Soviet player
• May 12 – José María Rivas, Salvadorian international footballer (died 2016)
• June 29 – Ralf Rangnick, German professional football coach, executive, and former player
• July 4 – Carl Valentine, Canadian international soccer player and manager
• July 12 – Duncan Cole, New Zealand international footballer (died 2014)
• July 14 – José Luis Russo, Uruguayan international footballer
• July 15 – Austin Hayes, Irish footballer (died 1986)
• August 12 – Héctor Zelaya, Honduran international footballer
• September 3 – José Carlos Chaves, Costa Rican footballer
• September 29 – Ron Jans, Dutch footballer and manager
• October 11 – Peter van Velzen, Dutch footballer and manager

Deaths

• February 21 –
  Manchester United player.^[1]
• November 28 – Karl Flink; German international footballer (born 1895)^[2]

References